1. Calculation of release dates is the responsibility of the Department of Corrections.

2. A petition challenging the Department of Corrections' calculation of release dates
must be filed pursuant to K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 60-1501(a) in the county of incarceration
rather than with the sentencing court.

A careful review of the pleadings reflects McKinney is not challenging the legality of
the sentence imposed by the trial court; rather, he is challenging the Department of
Corrections' (DOC) aggregation of his two sentences and the calculation of his conditional
release and maximum release dates pursuant to that aggregation.

The calculation of release dates is the responsibility of the DOC. K.S.A. 21-4608(f)(4);
K.A.R. 44-6-135 and 44-6-135a. Under these circumstances, McKinney's petition purports to
state a claim under K.S.A. 1999 Supp. 60-1501(a) and must be filed in the county of
incarceration rather than with the sentencing court.

The trial court properly dismissed the petition for lack of jurisdiction.